[Fetal death from ascending bacterial infection. Diagnostic method, a narrative review. Why is the method that includes placental study, evaluation of clinical and laboratory data efficient in identifying ascending bacterial infection as the cause of fetal death?].

This narrative review includes published studies of stillbirth classification methods and their efficiency in identifying ascending bacterial infection (ABI), as a cause of fetal death (FD), by searching PubMed, Cochrane, Embase, ScienceDirect, Wiley Online Library, Scielo. Many children die before birth around the world and it has not been possible to reduce FD because the methods used have not been adequate and because ABI, the most frequent cause of FD in a public hospital in Chile, is not diagnosed. Systems using clinical, laboratory and placental study data, INCODE, CORM, are more efficient in identifying ABI as the origin of FD.

[Outcome of microbial invasion of amniotic cavity in the preterm premature rupture of membranes].

Background: Microbial invasion of amniotic cavity occurs in 30 to 50% of patients with premature membrane rupture.

Aim: To determine the outcomes associated with microbial invasion of the amniotic cavity (MIAC) in patients with preterm premature rupture of membrane (pPROM).

Patients And Methods: One hundred thirty four patients with preterm pPROM between 24 and 34 weeks of pregnancy, without clinical infection or labor, were studied.